NFPA introduces new pricing structure for on-the-go code consumers

Customers are increasingly letting us know that they want to access codes in digital format. For years, NFPA has offered PDF versions of its codebooks and handbooks in addition to the staple print editions. As the world of work has been amplified by faster, cheaper and mobile computers, the demand for content in multiple formats has grown. Recently, we’ve been seeing staggering growth in the number of customers that actually buy both.

As a result, NFPA is experimenting with a new pricing structure for the on-the-go code consumer: IP-based pricing. What does this mean? Basically, if you purchase the Intellectual Property (IP) contained within one code book, you shouldn’t have to pay for that same IP a second time just to have it in a digital format. Now, customers can purchase the print title of a code at list price (or member discounted price) and a copy of that same code in PDF form for just the format cost. This goes for handbooks as well.

To break it down: if you purchase a print edition of a code, you can purchase the PDF for $30 more. The NFPA 1 price bundle is $112.00, or $82.00 for the print edition and $30 for the PDF.  If you purchase a print edition of a handbook, you can purchase the PDF for $50 more. The NFPA 101 handbook price bundle is $215.50, or $165.50 for the print edition and only $50 for the PDF edition.

Our first batch of IP-based bundles are: NFPA 1, NFPA 10, NFPA 25, NFPA 30, NFPA 54, NFPA 58, NFPA 70 (NEC), NFPA 70E, NFPA 99, NFPA 101, and NFPA 921. Check them out and let us know which codes you’d like to see in the pipeline next. 

-Sam Driver

Comments

[Jeremy]

Is the PDF you receive with the print copy still a single-pc type PDF or can it be used on your company network?

[Mark Reeder]

Will I be able to get the code in pdf format that I can use on my iPad as well as my computer.
My I pad will accept a pdf file but will not accept the program you use to protect it.
I purchased the code. Are you reccomending to carry a book and use the book when I am not at the office?
Modern technology allows me to carry a library in my iPad.
Carrying a book seems cumbersome and not an improvement.

[Sam Driver]

@Jeremy: We offer a license for network use that does incorporate the IP-based pricing. This article is about single user pricing. For more info, send me a message.

@ Mark: We are moving quickly to make a solution available for mobile devices. Stay tuned for an announcement on that in the very near future.

[Susan Hawksley]

This is nice, but in RI we need to put the actual code into our plan reviews and inspection reports. Therefore, we need the cut and paste capabilities which .pdfs do not allow.

Will we ever see that capability?

Thank you,

Sue

[Sam Driver]

@Sue: We are working on a solution to that problem from a couple of directions. You'll soon have that capability from PDFs, and we'll working on a new tool that will embed code citations in a standard format, so keep an eye out for those changes.

[Lisa Coen]

I can't seem to access my pdf's more than once due to computer upgrades or program updates. I have downloaded the pdf codes more than once and still can't open them. Wish I had printed them when I first opened them or just bought the hardcopy.

[Sam Driver]

@Lisa: We're working to resolve this problem. Stay tuned for an updated digital experience that will simplify your PDF usage.

[Victor Herrera]

I have bought some PDF codes that were downloaded in my old computer that is damaged at the present time.
I have bought a new one and I want to have those PDF files installed and readable on it.
What do I have to do to make that change?
Could you send the answer by email?

[Canada Coupons]

Customers are increasingly letting us know that they want to access codes in digital format.I like the idea it is very helpful.